Page File Management

[SilviaS]

Hi All
We have an exchange 2007 server which is going to have 12GB of RAM installed. Can anyone confirm the best setup for page file management in this scenario.
Thanks

 

[58sniper]

12GB+10MB. Preferably on it's own spindle.

Pat Richard MVP
Plan for performance, and capacity takes care of itself. Plan for capacity, and suffer poor performance.

http://www.ucblogs.net/blogs/exchange/

 

[SilviaS]

Thanks Pat, just needed to make sure that it is not memory plus 1.5
Thanks

 

[Cstorms]

What are the recommendations if you are using a SAN, I would figure lower latency with SAS drives in a RAID1? What about if it would then sit on your system drive? If you could carve a lun out just for the pagefile over FC (to FC drives) would this be recommended above the other solution?

Cory

 

[Cstorms]

Err, it sounds like I am implying system drive on the SAN, I meant if *instead* of on your local system drive (for example on a DL with its 15k drives)..

Thanks for thoughts, I did a bit of googling on this subject and its been semi fruitless.

Cory

 

[SilviaS]

Hi Cory
We are more likely to use the local C for the page file, having reviewed how Microsoft IT configured their exchange 2007 servers this looks to be the recommended way.

They have a system drive with 50GB disk space and a 24GB page file.
Thanks